Fall Break

So, for Fall Break this year we decided to go camping at Dead Horse Ranch State Park - sounds great, huh? It actually was really fun - the Park had great campsites for GREAT prices. It was a little warmer than we were thinking - since it's north from here, I just figured cooler - but, it's still desert there, apparently, and we were only about 5 degrees cooler than here (104!!! What's up with that?) So, we set up camp and then we went to see Montezuma's Castle which is really cool! The Sinagua people built it in, I think, the 1400s up on the wall - it's so amazing to try and imagine living that way. The kids thought it was great!Then, we went back to camp and made Hobo Dinners for dinner with campfire Banana Splits for dessert - the campers next to us were so curious she had to come over to figure out what we were doing :) Next day, we decided to go to Out of Africa wildpark - we LOVED it! First, they do a little safari where you can feed some of the animls and they are right there next to you. Then, we went around and saw all kinds of animals and watched a couple shows. In the Safari, Talin was getting done and complaining until the guy pointed out the tractors on our right (as a joke) and Talin sat up "Tractors?" - that's my tractor boy! Here are a bunch of pictures - I'll try to label them:

Talin feeding the Giraffe

Zebra

Kelcie and Erin feeding the Camel

Talin petting the Snake - SO soft and smooth!

Laura and Talin petting the Tortoise

Ethan and Laura petting the Water Monitor - he was so cool!

Grizzly Bear

Tiger - I just LOVE big cats - I want to just hug them and pet them......

White Tiger - BEAUTIFUL!

Tiger Splash Show - really fun, too!

By the end of the day we were pretty hot and dehydrated, but it was so worth it and so fun.